Review- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (*Spoiler for Shiver*)

For the sake of writing a fair review, I am going to pretend that I like sad books, and give this book four stars.

Linger is the sequel to Shiver, which I reviewed previously.  I enjoyed reading Linger, and I found it to be a quick, relaxing read.  It continues the story of Sam and Grace and the wolves of Mercy Falls.  Basically in this book, (and here's the spoiler for **Shiver**), Sam has been cured of being a werewolf, so that's good, but Grace and Isabel found a dead wolf in the woods.  What killed the wolf?  What can Sam do with the strange new wolves that Beck got last year?  What does the future hold for Grace, who has developed the first headache of her entire life?

I enjoyed the easy romance of this book. It is relaxing to read about a couple with problems other than relationship problems.  Sam and Grace have a very intense relationship, not healthy for high school (discussion point?), but they are also very kind and loving to each other.

It's hard for me to review this book since I found the end so not to my liking, but I am definitely looking forward to the next book, Forever, which will be out NEXT JULY!!  I hate waiting for books...  :D

PS I think that this series actually qualifies for sci-fi status, rather than paranormal, because there is apparently a scientific cause and mechanism for the "disease."

"Review" of Mockingjay -- **SPOILERS** or at least spoilerish

So I feel that there is absolutely no need for me to actually review Mockingjay, but I would like to share my thoughts.  I loved the book- until I got to the last 25 pages or so.  Basically after the execution scene, I was not impressed.  I know people think it gives this great thought provoking message about society, but the ending just made me angry with Suzanne Collins.  I wish I could go back to believing that everything would be okay.  What about HOPE?  Also, why didn't Guy X fall in love with Katniss's daughter?  Isn't that the best way to resolve a love triangle?

I don't even know how many stars to give the book.  Most of the book I would give a 5.  I stayed up way too late to finish, and then cried hysterically for about 20 minutes afterwords, so the ending gets a 2.  This averages to a 3.5, so does the book get a 3 or a 4 on Goodreads?  I don't know.

How can I recommend a series that caused me so much pain to the kids I work with?  Some of them are super-depressed already... and I'm sure that some of them would be find and maybe appreciate the ending.

I feel tricked.  It would be like in HP 7 if Ron moved to Japan and and Hermione died and Ginny became mentally ill and had to live in St. Mungo's for all eternity.    Seriously... what's the deal with that?